With this second year of drought and a close to non-existent harvest, I would like to have tips on crops that not only survive the drought, but actually thrive, as well as tricks for needing less water.
This year I tested Tragopogon porrifolius for the first time, I have not watered at all, yet the root is already about a centimeter in diameter (late harvest or spring harvest) and has not looked dry even once. The leafy goosefoot also thrives completely without water. The Tree onion and the sand leek are a both happy, but the chives withered away.
I have seen that the plants I cultivated in pots and watered, managed better than the same plant planted directly into the ground (same amount of water).
Then I need to water the tomatoes much less than my neighbor does because I also cover the surface in pots with grass cuttings.
I have noticed that gooseberry can handle better the drought than the currants (they stand next to each other).
The wine producers in Sweden will get a fantastic harvest this year, so i'm planning to get some grape plants. I have never grown grapes before, do you know of a good book or web page etc like "grape growing for dummies"?